In order to get the Win 95 version running you must first convert it back to the DOS version which is what his setup is about. If you are running WindowsXP SP2 you need to make sure that your NTVDM System is running correctly with no missing or coruppted files. You can fins that information here - in the General Drill

If you are have trouble in getting his setup to work (both mine and his are complicated) before you get to mine. send him an email -- his contact info is on the bottom of the Setup's page.

Thanks, I will probably send him a mail then. I have the Win95 version, there is no install.bat on the disc. I installed the patch and then followed your guide to playing it with VDMSound. The icon then comes up for playing it with VDMSound and that's when I get the message. I think the NTDVM system should be ok because I got Phantasmagoria 1 running no problems. Even if I try to run Phantasmagoria 2 without VDMSound, i.e. just by clicking on the P2DOS.BAT it still doesn't work.

There's an odd sound issue some folks seem to run into with either emulator (and I've never found a solution posted anywhere). During the cut scenes and character dialog occasionally the sound will grind down to super slow mo - don't let it stop you from playing the game. It's a minor annoyance, and a great game.

Hiya, unfortunately I already tried DOSbox but to no avail. I think because it's just the windows 95 version, so I type d: then INSTALL (as it says in the manual) but it just says "illegal command" or something like that. I take it the manual was the same for all versions of the game, that's why it mentions dos installation even though I can't install it through dos. What I will try is uninstalling everything, then follow the guide to setting it up again, then write to who Inferno said, if this still doesn't work.

I'm wondering whether it's to do with the way I've set up VDMSound and the launchpad thingy. But then, if that were the sole problem it would probably still play without VDMSound, and at the moment it doesn't, just takes me back to the desk top.

to help me set up VDMSound. I know it's for a different game but I just used the first section.

I then followed the other Phantasmagoria 2 guides like before (Inferno's for VMDSound config. and the other one to install the patch etc.) and still no luck.

However, one thing: when I tried to copy the launchpad file to the VMDSound folder it wouldn't let me, it kept saying access denied.

Also, now when I try to run the game with VMDSound I get the error "an error was encountered while attempting to load and display the Tip of the Day", which the first site I linked to said should only happen of you haven't applied "HKCU_Software_Freeware_VDMSound_Fix.reg", but I have.

One more thing quickly: Inferno's (I think) mentions something about vesas. I'm not all that good at all with the technical side of computers and am not sure what a vesa is. Something tells me it's something to do with drivers but then I'm not entirely sure what they do either. Anyway, I haven't done anything about a "vesa" so could that be a solution? Just a thought anyway.

I just tried it again and it worked, perhaps my computer was in a good mood. However, nothing's quite that simple, and my computer obviously wasn't in all that good a mood, because there are still some (minor) issues people might be able to help me out with.

For starters, the cursor is quite sticky. At the main menu screen, selecting new game etc., the cursor is fine and smooth. In game, however, the cursor is really sluggish, sometimes sort of stopping then skipping to where I want it to go. Any ideas, or is the game just like this.

Lastly, this might not be a problem, but when you save a game it says <PROTECTED> next to it. This doesn't mean that it's the password protected less intense version does it? When I installed it I didn't bother entering a password so I can't see why it should be.

Just had a look at the manual and it seems I hadn't read it properly. If you want the *more* intense version you have to put the password in. Seems as though I'll have to re-install. Still, open for tips about the mouse movement.

Hiya, me yet again! What I just said about password was wrong, I've just found out, but I think I know the answer. I think it just means protected as in properly saved, as opposed to the "book mark" option which is there for if you exit without saving, and which you can't just load up whenever you want.